Ilford Recorder

07/12/2023

Did you go? 🌟

Thousands flocked to Ilford for this year's Christmas lights switch-on.

07/12/2023

LIVE UPDATES ❗❗

A crash on the A406 at the Ilford Flyover, A118 has caused congestions for road users backing up to Barking.

07/12/2023

Congratulations! 🎉

Volunteers have been given a prestigious award for helping up to 1,500 people a year at Goodmayes Park get into sport and community activities.

07/12/2023

The new training building was earmarked for West Ham Ladies

West Ham United are set to construct a new training building at their Rush Green site after a planning application was approved by Havering Council.

07/12/2023

“As an independent advocate you get to make a difference in the world that no-one else can" - Well done Toby 👏

A disabled man who says he has faced discrimination has spoken of his role helping people as an advocate in Redbridge.

06/12/2023

Do you welcome this?

Redbridge has partnered with Uber to install electric vehicle fast charging points in 2024.

06/12/2023

Jordan and Sophia run We Are Full Foods in Ilford 👏

A small business selling Caribbean food in Ilford has gone viral on TikTok, with the page racking up 1.3 million likes in six months.

05/12/2023

“The leadership team do not have sufficient oversight to ensure the safe and efficient running of this nursery" - Ofsted 😮

Leaders of a nursery in Chadwell Heath have been blasted by Ofsted inspectors who downgraded it from the highest to the lowest rating.

05/12/2023

"He's a good egg" - Nate from Woodford has been named as a nominee for the Recorder/Redbridge Rotary Club Young Citizen Award 2023-2024! 🌟

https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23962160.south-woodford-teens-award-nod-community-volunteering/

05/12/2023

Here's why they changed locations... ❗

We Are Fstvl has explained the reason for moving the 2024 event from Upminster to Central Park, Dagenham.

05/12/2023

Do you agree?

Local newspaper editors are calling on the BBC to abandon its plans to roll out local news websites in areas already served by independent publishers

05/12/2023

🚨Make sure you check your journey🚨

Strikes by train drivers at c2c and Greater Anglia are set to cause chaos for commuters across parts of London today.

03/12/2023

The Up Against Time campaign that Newsquest London have supported has now passed its halfway point and raised over £7.5million 👏 just incredible!

02/12/2023

These come into effect tomorrow - find out more ⬇

Major rail operator c2c has announced short notice changes to its ticketing structure.

01/12/2023

Will you be going? 🎤

A huge dance festival is moving from Upminster to Dagenham next year.

01/12/2023

Do you agree?

A Redbridge park has been voted as one of the top ten parks in the UK for 2023.

01/12/2023

She said he told her: "You’re a kid – this could end my career. I don’t want to end up in newspapers"

A maths teacher at Beal High School told a pupil “you’re a very attractive girl” and said “even in your school uniform I still find you…

01/12/2023

Amarnih fell from the seventh floor. But how? And why?

Jurors in the inquest of trans woman Amarnih Lewis-Daniel, from Chadwell Heath, have returned a narrative verdict over her March 2021 death.

30/11/2023

Have you seen him? ❗❗

Police are appealing to trace a man last seen in Ilford who took off from a medical facility.

29/11/2023

Only one witness said Jason did it. Now that witness admits he was drunk...

A bid to free convicted killer Jason Moore, based on new evidence that the star prosecution witness was "drunk", appeared on BBC London…

29/11/2023

The decision is now in the hands of the jury.

Jurors in the inquest of transgender woman Amarnih Lewis-Daniel, from Chadwell Heath, can consider whether gender clinic delays impacted her mental…

29/11/2023

Did you see emergency services in Barkingside on Sunday? An update ⬇

A woman has been arrested after a stabbing in Barkingside that saw a man taken to a major trauma centre.

29/11/2023

NELFT carried out an investigation following Amarnih Lewis-Daniel's death, her inquest was told

A director at NELFT has testified at the inquest of Amarnih Lewis-Daniel that a series of improvements have been made since her 2021 death in…

28/11/2023

She told another staff member to get children "out of her face before she did some serious damage", a misconduct hearing was told

An Ilford nursery teacher referred to three-year-old kids as “little sh*ts” and told a colleague to get children out of her face before she did…

28/11/2023

Amarnih Lewis-Daniel was on a years-long gender clinic waiting list, her inquest has heard

Trans woman Amarnih Lewis-Daniel was taking unprescribed hormones in the weeks before her death, during which her mental state deteriorated, an…

28/11/2023

Amarnih Lewis-Daniel’s death “could have been avoided” if she had been referred for a mental health assessment, an expert has said

Chadwell Heath woman Amarnih Lewis-Daniel might not have died if NELFT staff had not missed 'essential' chances to assess her mental health, an…

27/11/2023

How frightening😱

London Fire Brigade has issued a reminder of its lithium battery safety advice after a house fire in Meath Road, Ilford that damaged part of the…

26/11/2023

Are you happy where you live? 😀

New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed the levels of happiness across east London boroughs.

25/11/2023

'I apologise for any impact on journeys' 😮

Tube services in east London are set for disruption over the weekend according to TfL, with part of the Elizabeth line closed on both days.

24/11/2023

A man from Ilford is among those arrested and facing murder charges ❗❗

Five people, including two from East Ham and one from Ilford, have been charged with murdering a man who was fatally stabbed in Upton Park.

23/11/2023

She sadly died of severe brain injuries, as a fire burned in her home.

A witness has recalled hearing a commotion outside a block of flats in Chadwell Heath on the night a woman was found dead in its car park, an…

23/11/2023

The duo are believed to be somewhere in West Africa

A hefty reward has been offered to track down two men wanted over a fatal stabbing in Ilford after a third man was jailed for the killing.

23/11/2023

Update on the stabbing that took place in Ilford

A crime scene remains in place in Ilford town centre after a man was stabbed, Met Police said.

23/11/2023

Police bodycam footage was played at Amarnih Lewis-Daniel's inquest

The mother of Amarnih Lewis-Daniel warned the Met Police about her daughter's mental health hours before she died, an east London inquest has heard.

23/11/2023

Our latest coverage from court ⬇

Met Police officers told an east London inquest jury they had no concerns over Chadwell Heath trans woman's Amarnih Lewis-Daniel's mental health,…

22/11/2023

But court staff and probation failed to make a mental health referral...

Chadwell Heath trans woman Amarnih Lewis-Daniel was not referred for a mental health assessment despite odd behaviour in court weeks before her…

22/11/2023

We hope he can make a swift recovery 🙏

A male has been stabbed in Ilford town centre, with London's Air Ambulance scrambled to the scene.

22/11/2023

He won't be pulling any pranks in the E12 area for some time

TikTok prankster Mizzy has been locked up for 18 weeks and banned from the E12 postcode by a judge who told him his pranks were “not funny”.

22/11/2023

The latest in our coverage of Amarnih Lewis-Daniel's inquest ⬇

A psychotherapist did not refer a Chadwell Heath woman for an assessment after she was arrested for throwing furniture out of a seventh-storey flat,…

21/11/2023

Mental health nurses were grilled under oath over the tragic death.

Chadwell Heath trans woman Amarnih Lewis-Daniel was not referred back to NELFT for assessment despite two arrests in five weeks, an east London…